Los Angeles - Online casual games site Café.com has sold its Boonty digital distribution platform to France-based Nexway, a provider of online distribution services in Europe, GigaOM reported.

New York - Casual games site Boonty on Monday announced the beta launch of Cafe.com, a site that will offer free social casual games -- which incorporate social networking and microtransactions. The site will offer private and public game rooms, multi-player chat, and personalization capabilities like avatar creation and virtual items users can buy to enhance gameplay.